Playful Act may yet get her chance to bid for Classic glory after making a successful return to action in the bet365 Lancashire Oaks at Haydock Park today.

The Scorpion King first made his cameo appearance in the recent box-office bonanza The Mummy Returns. Apparently studio executives were so impressed, they gave the character its own $60m spin-off.

The big guy from Austria likes the sound of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Pumping political iron will have to wait, though, while the actor revisits roles as the world’s favourite cyborg from the future and a family man-superspy.